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jsmiller58
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Nov 1, 2018
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Yeah, but wow, the price. A lucky few will get to appreciate this. The rest of us will live vicariously.
jsmiller58
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Nov 3, 2018
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I know! My priorities are my wife and sons first, then I can play... Hence the live vicariously comment :-). I am thrilled that the world offers wonders and options, even those that I cannot, or chose not to, indulge in. That is a great world to live in. Anything else would be... I lack the words to describe it... but the closest would be "shades of grey".
nick_t
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Feb 1, 2020
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I have no husband and son, so I guess the HPA could be my priorities.
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Read the entire article in the November 2018 issue (pages 70 - 73)